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11051. Add MS 52938 P

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'Turkish lovers’, an Eastern spectacular romance in three acts by Captain W. H. Armstrong. Licence sent 3 March 1853 for performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 7 March 1853. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 records the stipulation that the words 'God' and 'Oh Lord' be omitted. Includes list of s...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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3 Mar 1853
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1 item

11052. Add MS 52951 V

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'Little Bo-Peep, or, Harlequin and the girl who lost her sheep', pantomime by J. B. Buckstone. Licence sent 22 December 1854 for performance at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket 26 December 1854. Request for licence written and signed by J. B. Buckstone. Revisions throughout. Description of cost...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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22 Dec 1854
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1 item

11053. Add MS 52958 DD

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‘Tafelhausen, or, The legend of a lawyer’, drama in two acts by J. B. Johnstone. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Surrey 24 March 1856. LCO Day Book Add. 53073 records the stipulation that the words ‘Lord’ and ‘Oh Lord’ be omitted. Two different types of paper used. Songs i...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1856
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1 item

11054. Add MS 52958 FF

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‘Timely warning, or, Past, present and future’, drama in three acts by G. Conquest. Licence sent 18 March 1856 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 18 March 1856. Signed Ro. Conquest, proprietor and responsible manager. Keywords: French influence, family relationships, fallen women, aristo...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1856
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1 item

11055. Add MS 52959 G

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‘Sarah’s young man’, farce in one act by William E. Suter. Licence sent 19 April 1856 for performance at the Surrey 21 April 1856. Cover signed Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 31, no. 463. Keywords: servants, debt and its consequences, Ratcatcher’s Daughter, fashion...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1856
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1 item

11056. Add MS 52959 I

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‘Winning the widow’, interlude in one act by Lucy Newbery, “being an alteration of Mrs. Charles Kemble’s personation; with the two additional characters of Flora and Peter”. Licence sent 3 May 1856 for performance at the Soho Theatre 28 May 1856. Keywords: military, fashion, disguise, servant...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
3 May 1856
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1 item

11057. Add MS 52959 P

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‘Carlo Brunari, or, The mounted brigands of the Abruzzi’, original equestrian spectacle in two acts by C. A. Somerset. Licence sent 8 May 1856 for performance at Astley’s Royal Amphitheatre 12 May 1856. Cover signed William Cook, lessee and manager, W. West, stage manager. Keywords: crime, a...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1856
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1 item

11058. Add MS 52960 CC

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‘The rolling stone’, petite comedy in one act by John Vandenbergh. Licence sent 22 August 1856 for performance at the Strand 22 August 1856. Keywords: musicians, education, art and artists, science and technology, military. ff. 46. John Vandenbergh, writer of plays: London. Secular Institut...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1856
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1 item

11059. Add MS 52961 O

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‘Cloud and sunshine, or, Love’s revenge’, drama in three acts. Licence sent 16 October 1856 for performance at the Standard. Cover signed John Douglass, proprietor. Third act written on different paper. Not listed in Nicoll. Keywords: French influence, flirtation, aristocracy, crime, castl...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1856
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1 item

11060. Add MS 52962 L

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‘Dred, or, The great dismal swamp’, drama in two acts by William E. Suter. Licence sent 1 November 1856 for performance at the Queen’s October 1856. Cover signed C. J. James. See also Add. 52961 N, 52961 P, 52962 G, 52962 H, and 52962 U. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 57. Keywords: black charac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1856
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1 item